Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-01-23
Important Measures
Introduced in the Council Yes
terday Relating to the POST
ing of Estrays,
The Disposition OF County Funds
and Their Deposit With
Solvent Banks.
MONTANA
MONTANA LEGISLATURE.
Fifteenth Session.


Fifteenth session.
SIXTEENTH DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Special Telegram TO the YELLowsroSK JOURNAL.
HELENA, Jan. 22.-ln the council q
petition was received from Silver Bow
county asking for the better protection
of women aud the passage Of q local
option law.
]. Z. Richards, chairman of the
committee on education and labor, re.
ported that IN considering the gov.
ernot's suggestions On schools they
think II inipracticsble TO ask loan OF
half-a.million dollars, but will memor,
ialize Congress to tnrn over surveyed
school lands for immediate use, and
while they believe the manual train.
lug and normal schools are good
measure. ana hope to carry them ou,
yet II 1t would not be advisable to ut.
tempt either until there Is some dis.
position Of the school lands.
Notices of bills were made by Col.
lins, relating to the punishment of re.
ceivers Of stolen goods, also creating
the Office OF public examiner. an ex,
pert TO examine the books of the
county clerks and tressurers and sys.
tematize the book keeping In all the
counties; 10y Kennedy, relating to
fencing railroads and establishing cat.
tie yards.
Bills introduced were, council bill
No. IL, by X. .nnedy, for posting
-strsys, and provides that freeholder
only can take up estrays, the sworn
description to be recorded in th,
, county clerks Office and with the ter
ritorial auditor, aud he posted for two
years, then sold to pay expenses. tn,
balance can be recovered by tn,
owner; council bill No. l3, by Rick
ards. autborising the deposit of publi'
funds in the banks. its provisions
being that the county treasurer mus
within ten days after receiving money
deposit the same to bis official account
which shall be of record and q report
certified by the cashier made to tn,
county commissioners at ever,
quarterly meeting; the bank mus
give an approved bond double tn
deposit. IL more than on
solvent local bank; there must be bid
for the payment Of the highest inter
est on the daily balance over s., 600 70
not less than three nor more than si,
months, the interest to be added /
the county funds. The cashier shal
previous TO accepting the deposit file
sworn statement. OF the condition Q
the bank, and every three month
thereafter, and should there be rumor
of insolvency, or should tie report no
be made In time, the deposit shall b
withdrawn upon the order of the com
missioners within five days. The tel
ritorial funds are deposited In tn
same manner except that the bond @
the bank is to be approved by the gov
ernor and auditor. Should the cash
ier report falsely the condition Of tn
bank, he il deemed guilty of perjur
and shall be punished accordingly.
The council is in favor Of raising th
age Of consent OF girl to her ruin
l6 years.
Notice of bills were made by Han
com providing for the safety I
miners; by Kanouse to prohibit tt
fencing Of more than two contiuol
miles of either side Of streams. 30 thu
cattle may OBTAIN water.
Bills introduced house bill No.
by Buskett of Lewis aud Clarke appr'
priating 80. 900 as damages due a. !
Davidson and w. n. Baldwin for th
annulment of the territorial convic
labor contract; house joint memo
ial No. 8 by Page asking that the sui
vey Of public lands be extended. Hous
bill No. III providing for the brandin
of cattle In August was passed and th
house then adjourned.